button
/ˈbʌtən/ verb C2- To fasten with a button.
- To be fastened by a button or buttons. · The coat will not button.
- To stop talking.
He/she/it buttons · Past buttoned · Past participle buttoned · -ing form buttoning
Verb forms
- Base form
- button
- He/she/it
- buttons
- Past
- buttoned
- Past participle
- buttoned
- -ing form
- buttoning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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There was a bell beside the gate, and Dorothy pushed the button and heard a silvery tinkle sound within.
He was dressed in a blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin, and wore at his button-hole the rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor.
“In a blue frock-coat, buttoned up close, decorated with the Legion of Honor.”
“Dark complexion; hair, eyebrows, and whiskers black; blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin; rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor in his button-hole; a hat with wide brim, and a cane.”
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